{"id":429760,"date":"2022-04-09T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/first-private-mission-reaches-international-space-station\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T23:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:36:30","slug":"first-private-mission-reaches-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/first-private-mission-reaches-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"#First private mission reaches International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35848c213aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35848c213aa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/first-private-mission-reaches-international-space-station\/#%E2%80%9CFirst_private_mission_reaches_International_Space_Station%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;First private mission reaches International Space Station&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFirst_private_mission_reaches_International_Space_Station%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;First private mission reaches International Space Station&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/a-spacex-falcon-9-rock.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/a-spacex-falcon-9-rock.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor has taken off from the Kennedy Space Center for the first fully private mission to the International Space Station.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/a-spacex-falcon-9-rock.jpg\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor has taken off from the Kennedy Space Center for the first fully p\" title=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor has taken off from the Kennedy Space Center for the first fully private mission to the International Space Station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor has taken off from the Kennedy Space Center for the first fully private mission to the International Space Station.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first fully private mission reached the International Space Station early Saturday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as &#8220;Low Earth Orbit,&#8221; leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious voyages deeper into the cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor docked at 1229 GMT Saturday and the crew entered the space station nearly two hours later, after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Commanding the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, a dual citizen of the United States and Spain, who flew to space four times over his 20-year-career, and last visited the ISS in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He is joined by three paying crewmates: American real estate investor Larry Connor, Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy, and Israeli former fighter pilot, investor and philanthropist Eytan Stibbe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re here to experience this but we understand there&#8217;s a responsibility,&#8221; Connor said in comments shown on NASA&#8217;s live feed.<\/p>\n<p>As the first civilian crew, he said, they &#8220;need to get it right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The widely reported price for tickets\u2014which includes eight days on the outpost, before eventual splashdown in the Atlantic\u2014is $55 million. <\/p>\n<p>While wealthy private citizens have visited the ISS before, Ax-1 is the first mission featuring an all-private crew flying a private spacecraft to the outpost. <\/p>\n<p>Houston-based Axiom pays SpaceX for transportation, and NASA also charges Axiom for use of the ISS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/nasa-deputy-chief-of-s.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/nasa-deputy-chief-of-s.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1).\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/nasa-deputy-chief-of-s.jpg\" alt=\"NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ca\" title=\"NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1).\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company&#8217;s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1).<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Research projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On board the ISS, which orbits 250 miles (400 kilometers) above sea level, the quartet will carry out 25 research projects, including an MIT <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> demonstration of smart tiles that form a robotic swarm and self-assemble into space architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Another experiment involves using cancer stem cells to grow mini tumors, and then leveraging the accelerated aging environment of microgravity to identify biomarkers for early detection of cancers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our guys aren&#8217;t going up there and floating around for eight days taking pictures and looking out of the cupola,&#8221; Derek Hassmann, operations director of Axiom Space, told reporters at a pre-launch briefing.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, crewmember Stibbe plans to pay tribute to his late friend Ilan Ramon, Israel&#8217;s first astronaut, who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spaceship disintegrated upon reentry.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving pages from Ramon&#8217;s space diary, as well as mementos from his children, will be brought to the station by Stibbe.<\/p>\n<p>The Axiom crew will live and work alongside the station&#8217;s regular crew: currently three Americans and a German on the US side, and three Russians on the Russian side.<\/p>\n<p>The company has partnered for a total of four missions with SpaceX, and NASA has already <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved in principle the second, Ax-2. <\/p>\n<p>Axiom sees the voyages as the first steps of a grander goal: to build its own private space station. The first module is due to launch in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is for the station to initially be attached to the ISS, before eventually flying autonomously when the latter retires and is deorbited sometime after 2030.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            First private mission readies for launch to ISS\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 First private mission reaches International Space Station (2022, April  9)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 10 April 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-04-private-mission-international-space-station.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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